Floyd speaks.....

On having a target on his back as an athlete:

As one of the top athletes in the world, I do feel as though I am a target. You look around and people a lot of time mix confidence with cockiness. I’m just a normal guy that likes to go out and have fun entertaining people and doing my job. A lot of times people misunderstand that. As long as God loves me, my kids love me, my family loves me … that’s all that really matters. They talked about Jesus Christ and how he died for all of us. I’m older now and I’m more mature. I try to focus on the positive.
I was able to spend a lot of quality time with my kids. These are the years that are most important to me and most precious to my kids. These are their developmental years and it’s very important as a father that I spend quality time with my kids. During my time off, that’s what I was able to do. I got a chance to know myself a lot better.


On why he doesn’t get more press attention for the positive things he does outside the ring:

I just think that’s how society is. They just tend to focus on the negative instead of the positive. Negativity sells I guess. You see a press release that comes out that says Mayweather’s house gets searched weapons, bulletproof vests and something else. They fail to tell you the guns were registered to my security and were legal weapons. They paint the picture that the weapons were my weapons. They weren’t my weapons. They talk about the bulletproof vests … I use that as a form of entertainment. The vests that they were talking about were giving to me by the police. Tell it like it is. If we being to focus on the more positive things like how I go out and feed the homeless and how I donated $250,000 to Grand Rapids so the kids could come and fight in the nationals. If I didn’t do that, they wouldn’t have had an opportunity to come out and pursue their dreams. These are the kind of things they don’t talk about.


On what a typical day was like for Mayweather during his retirement:


I was able to spend a lot of quality time with my kids. These are the years that are most important to me and most precious to my kids. These are their developmental years and it’s very important as a father that I spend quality time with my kids. During my time off, that’s what I was able to do. I got a chance to know myself a lot better.


On if his kids gave their approval on his return to boxing:

(Laughs) Of course. I’m daddy to the kids so no matter what I do my kids always support me.





On if HBO’s 24/7 has helped with his image:

Yes, I have expressed that and I think that’s why you saw a part of that in the first episode. I think you will see more of that in the episodes to come. We are just trying to be positive and give back and do the right thing.


On his relationship with his father:

Everything is great. It’s always a good thing anytime you can come to work and you can see your mother and father there. That’s a wonderful thing. What child wouldn’t want their parents around if they were successful? My dad is at the gym everyday working with me and supporting me. It means a great deal to me and I’m glad to have my father in my life. It’s truly a blessing.


On his maturity:

During my time off, I got the chance to really, really get to know myself. I haven’t had a break and I have been boxing since 1987 and this is the first time I had a chance to take some time off. The real Floyd is the guy who likes to spend quality time with his family, his friends and just enjoy life.

 

Didn't take you long to show up........Silky Johnson....:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

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